Pyramiden, Norway was founded in 1910 and purchased by the Soviet Union in the late 1920's. At one time the coal-mining settlement had a population of over 1,000 residents and workers. But in 1998 ...
This outpost in the high north looks much as it did when it was abandoned in 1998, providing visitors with a glimpse into Soviet-era life and culture Rachel Nuwer People say that the Soviet town of ...
On the remote archipelago of Svalbard, a decaying settlement offers visitors an intimate look at the not-so-distant past. The dusty entrance to the chemical plant at Pyramiden, an abandoned settlement ...